Utopia Festival 2017 Preview

Head to Utopia (Texas) for Utopia (Fest), Thursday-Saturday, September 21st-23rd:

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st

Arrowhead Stage

UTOPIA Players, 11:30 PM

Toubab Krewe, 10:00 PM

Mike Dillon, 8:45 PM

Suzanna Choffel, 7:30 PM

Late Night – Tank Goodtimes

Shawman & Friends

Batty Jr.

Danny Malone

Cream Cheese Accident

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd

Antibalas, Arrowhead Stage, 12:15 AM

Fusing the afrobeat sounds of percussion, trumpets, and clavinet, Antibalas the Afrobeat Orchestra (QRO photos outdoors) are known for their funkified confections.

Dr. John & The Nite Trippers, Cypress Stage, 11:00 PM

The doctor is in the house at New Orleans’ own master of the boogie woogie rock ‘n’ roll, Dr. John (QRO photos), comes to Utopia (QRO photos at a festival). He’s done everything (QRO photos) from bring Mardi Gras and medicine shows to the psychedelic stage in the seventies to receiving of an honorary doctorate of in fine arts from Tulane (making him, as the university president joked, “Dr. Dr. John”) to being honored by the Jazz Foundation of America last fall at Apollo Theatre (QRO photos).